Category: Opinions
Odd Times Call for Unconventional Wisdom
Wall Street Journal If the obvious were always true, Hillary Clinton would have won in 2008 and 2016. https://www.wsj.com/articles/odd-times-call-for-unconventional-wisdom-campaign-election-2024-biden-trump-alvin-bragg-70da5a9a
Read MoreIs ‘Democracy’ a Dirty Word Now?
Wall Street Journal Republicans need to decide if their support for Taiwan and Ukraine is real or not. https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-democracy-a-dirty-word-now-taiwan-mccarthy-transit-russia-putin-ukraine-china-xi-foreign-policy-df730159
Read MoreI Came, I Sawed, I Conquered
Wall Street Journal Lessons from wood shop came in handy when I needed a table. https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-school-saw-value-in-woodshop-michigan-vocational-traning-home-repair-furniture-806424e6
Read More‘Net Zero’ Will Mean a Mining Boom
Wall Street Journal But political instability will make it difficult to obtain all the minerals electric cars will need. https://www.wsj.com/articles/net-zero-will-mean-a-mining-boom-electric-cars-minerals-oil-fossil-fuels-climate-change-policy-cb8d5137
Read MoreNational Public Radio’s Twitter Fight With Elon Musk
Wall Street Journal Public broadcasters claim they don’t receive much taxpayer funding—but can’t live without it. https://www.wsj.com/articles/national-public-radios-twitter-fight-with-elon-musk-d1bcd4b8
Read MoreI Helped Make Corporations Woke, and I Regret It
Wall Street Journal The politicization of everything is too high a price for the gay-rights advances of the 2010s. https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-helped-make-corporations-woke-and-i-regret-it-corporate-activism-gay-rights-abortion-blm-boardrooms-eb6a7795
Read MoreA New American Grand Strategy to Counter Russia and China
Wall Street Journal The U.S. and its allies can’t afford to drift aimlessly as history’s tectonic plates shift. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-american-grand-strategy-to-counter-russia-and-china-asian-nato-aukus-collective-defense-taiwan-da555cf
Read MoreThe New and Improved IRS?
Wall Street Journal Here’s what you’ll be getting this tax season for the $80 billion in new funding. https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-funding-80-billion-danny-werfel-report-audits-taxes-congress-taxpayers-6764d235
Read MorePhilly, Fraud and ‘Equity’ Gone Wrong
Wall Street Journal The feds steer billions to ‘disadvantaged’ firms, and one analysis says fraud is ‘pervasive.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/disadvantaged-business-enterprises-philadelphia-settlement-fraud-government-contracting-equity-6c8ddf8
Read MoreWhere’s the End of Covid-19 ‘Peace Dividend’?
Wall Street Journal CBO says the deficit was $1.1 trillion in the past six months. https://www.wsj.com/articles/congressional-budget-office-report-federal-budget-deficit-congress-spending-covid-pandemic-6f653606
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